Britain Issues Travel Warning for US

A 28 yo UK citizien was travelling on a tourist visa while planning to stay with a host family in Washington where she could carry out chores in return for accommodation, which requires a work visa.

Of course, few people would expect to be put in a detention center for 3 weeks for such a violation.

This article is based on the text change on the gov.uk website from:

"The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules."

to...

"You should comply with all entry, visa and other conditions of entry. The authorities in the US set and enforce entry rules strictly. You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules."

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requireme...

As a legal alien, I welcome the idea of cracking down on illegal immigrants. At the same time, I’ve seen many businesses in the U.S. run sweatshops and profit off desperate people willing to work for trinkets.

Asylum seekers are another huge problem. I personally know several distant relatives who are illegally seeking asylum in the U.S., Germany, Italy, and France. This is unfortunate for those who genuinely need these permits. But at the same time, cracking down on this is paramount to reducing government spending, as many of these people don’t contribute back to society and plan to live off benefit payments.

That being said, the U.S.’s indiscriminate belligerence toward everyone is making other nations wary. More people from the U.S. travel to the rest of the world than the other way around. If Europe and Asia start imposing travel bans in retaliation, it would make the world segregated again, benefiting no one.